geminatio
Latin
Etymology
From geminō (“double, repeat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡe.miˈnaː.ti.oː/, [ɡɛmɪˈnäːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.miˈnat.t͡si.o/, [d͡ʒemiˈnät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
geminātiō f (genitive geminātiōnis); third declension
- a doubling
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | geminātiō | geminātiōnēs |
| Genitive | geminātiōnis | geminātiōnum |
| Dative | geminātiōnī | geminātiōnibus |
| Accusative | geminātiōnem | geminātiōnēs |
| Ablative | geminātiōne | geminātiōnibus |
| Vocative | geminātiō | geminātiōnēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: gemination
- Italian: geminazione
- Portuguese: geminação
- Spanish: geminación
References
- “geminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “geminatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- geminatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- geminatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.